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Conflict Incident Report

State Security arrests Syrian in Arsal on Daesh affiliation, soldiers' murder

Date of incident: 
March 23, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
State Security
Syrian Civilians/Refugees
ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL))

A State Security unit arrested this Friday in Arsal the Syrian (Tajeddine R.) for the crime of fighting alongside the terrorist organization, Daesh, inside Lebanon, and for killing two Lebanese soldiers and kidnapping two others during the events of August 2014.

Primary category: 
Arrest/Detention
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Border conflicts (Syrian border)
Violations, disputes and/or conflicts arising between rival armed groups along the Lebanese/Syrian borders which involve parties or militant groups from the Lebanese and Syrian side in both Lebanon and Syria. These conflicts also encompass transnational groups (such as faith-based regional groups, e.g. ISIS, al-Nusra Front) that cannot be considered as strictly Syrian, Lebanese or of any other national entity.
Classification of conflict(secondary):
Power & governance conflicts
Violent or non-violent conflicts associated with antagonisms related to internal political tensions between local and/or national groups and parties. These tensions may be encouraged by internal, regional and international parties. Such conflicts are characterized by their defiance and/or opposition to central State power and governance.